J. D. (John David) Blake - further papers, 1924, ca. 1937-1993

MLMSS 5971 ADD-ON 2087

fonds

1924 - 1993

Textual Records, Clippings

133504

2 boxes - 0.36 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript with manuscript annotations and corrections)
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Textual Records - (printed)
Textual Records - (printed with manuscript annotations and corrections)
Clippings
Clippings - (photocopy)

ca. 1938, 1964-1986; 'Articles, Speeches etc. on CPA & its various activities', mainly concerning anti-Fascism, Comintern, CPA Congresses, Euro-Communism and the Spanish Civil War (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/1)
1967-1970, 1977; 'Articles, speeches of Jack Blake on aspects of Marxist thought' (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/1)
1938-1945; 'Articles of JDB in journals of '30s-'40s', being publications by or including articles by J. D. Blake: The Way Forward: Decisions of the 12th National Congress, Communist Party of Australia [1938]; For Political Liberty and the Defeat of Hitlerism, 5 Oct. 1941; A People's Defence of Australia, 25 Jan. 1942; and 14th Congress of the Australian Communist Party, 1945 (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/1)
1963-1968; 'Articles in Journals - '60s', being mainly issues of Arena and Outlook (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/1)
1970-1979; 'Articles by JDB - Journals '70s' (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/1)
1962, 1981-1991; 'Articles in Journals '80s-'90s' (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/1)
1983-1991; 'Articles - Jack Blake / The Gorbachev Period' (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/1)
1979, ca. 1983, date unknown; 'Articles & speeches on various questions', including Soviet Imperialism, public transport in Sydney, and Blake's tribute at the funeral of Helen Palmer, 10 May 1979 (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/1)
1953-1989; 'Biographical Stuff', including autobiographical notes, ca. 1971; reviews of Revoution from Within (1971), and two-page typescript list of contents belonging to J. D. Blake confiscated by police, signed by R. W. Whitrod, 17 July 1953 (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/1)
1969-1978; 'The 1949 Coal Strike', including Blake's article on the Strike in Australian Left Review, No. 70, 1978; correspondence with Phillip Deery and Ian Macdougall; and document by Edgar Ross concerning the Strike (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)
1956, 1966-ca. 1980; 'The Inner-Party Struggle, Consolidation and the Crisis of 1956, the 20th Congress of the CPSU, Stalinism', including correspondence with Laurie Aarons, Gen. Sec., CPA Central Committee, 1966-1967, mainly concerning Central Committee Decision on alleged discrimination against Blake, 9 Oct. 1966 (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)
1956-1993; 'Correspondence to and from J. D. Blake - Occasionally both to & from J. [Jack] & A. [Audrey]'. Correspondents include Laurie Aarons, Guido Baracchi, Robert (Bob) Catley, L. G. (Lloyd Gordon) Churchward, Alf Clarke, Walter Seddon Clayton, B. (Barbara) Curthoys, Len Fox, E. C. (Eric Charles) Fry, Ralph Gibson, Robin Gollan, Manka Gust, Richard Haese, Noel Kirkwood, Rex Mortimer, Stephen Murray-Smith, New Times (Moscow, Russia), Helen G. Palmer, Edna Ryan, John Sendy, Geoff Sharp, James Frederick Staples, University of South Carolina-Institute of International Studies and Henry Zimmerman (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)
1989; 'Corresspondence between Simon Prokhovnik & JDB on questions of the mind' (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)
1924, 1971, 1983-1990; 'Copies of Newspaper articles - J. D. Blake / Letters to newspapers & Historical material', including letters to Tribune, 1971, and Moscow News, 1983-1990, with issue of The Workers' Weekly, No. 32, 1 Feb. 1924 (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)
ca. 1937-ca. 1990; 'Notes for work - J. D. Blake', including notebook of comments on draft of Ralph Gibson's book, The People Stand Up, and notes on Australian Labor Party received from an ALP member, ca. 1942 (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)
196--198-; 'Notes - JDB Philosophy' (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)
ca. 1971-1989; 'Reviews [by] JDB' (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)
1978, 1980; 'Speeches - at the CPA History Conference held at Melbourne University in 1980', including the paper of his talk, 'Past Experiences of the Communist Party and Some Perspectives for the Left', given at CPA Seminar, Sydney University, Jan. 1978 (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)
1965-1991, date unknown; 'Translations from Russian by JDB' (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)
1982-1984; 'The USSR - various questions', being articles by Blake (Call No.: ML MSS 5971, ADD ON 2087/2)

Alphabetical

The subject file titles are inscribed by Audrey Blake, who has also annotated some of the contents of the files.